Justice Department Prosecutorial Misconduct, Panel Discussion

Jun 26, 2009

Sarah McLendon Group

Participants talked about allegations of political misconduct at the Justice Department during the Bush administration. Many speakers related personal experiences with Justice Department policies and investigations and the potential impact of policies used during the Bush presidency. Mr. John Hurley, Sarah McClendon Group president, introduced .. Read More
Participants talked about allegations of political misconduct at the Justice Department during the Bush administration. Many speakers related personal experiences with Justice Department policies and investigations and the potential impact of policies used during the Bush presidency. Mr. John Hurley, Sarah McClendon Group president, introduced the panel discussion. His introductory remarks are available to view on program id# 287304-101

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:10 Unidentified Speaker NEXT, PANELISTS DISCUSS ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL MISCONDUCT AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTME D DURING THE BUSH...
00:00:26 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU, JOHN. YOUR PASSION FOR HISTORY, FAIR PROCEEDINGS, AND JOURNALISM IS REALLY WHAT ENABLED...
00:16:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:16:28 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION, ANDREW. AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THE FOCUS OF OUR TALK TODAY A...
00:28:33 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IT'S A TREAT TO BE HERE, AND I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT FORUM TO...
00:30:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NAN. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'VE KNOWN NAN AARON FOR PRETTY MUCH AS LONG AS I'VE...
00:50:42 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELIOT? YES?
00:50:48 Unidentified Speaker THE ROLE OF CONGRESS IN ALL OF THIS -- CAMPAIGN FINANCE. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DIDN'T SPEAK OUT...
00:52:29 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. AND WE THINK WE HAVE TRIED TO DO A LOT SINCE WE TOOK CONTROL...
00:53:18 Unidentified Speaker SCOTT.
00:53:21 Unidentified Speaker ELIOT, IS THE COMMITTEE SATISFIED WITH THE DOCUMENT PRODUCTION THAT THE WHITE HOUSE MADE ON THE BOLTON-MYERS-ROVE...
00:53:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, SOME OF THAT I CAN'T ANSWER YET BECAUSE OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY RESTRICTIONS THAT EXIST UNTIL...
00:54:40 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:54:46 Unidentified Speaker I'M FROM PUERTO RICO. AND PERHAPS WHEN THE SELECTED PROSECUTION INVESTIGATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE,...
00:55:22 Unidentified Speaker WELL, A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS THAT OCCUR. WE DID LOOK INTO THE PUERTO RICO SITUATION AT THE TIME. THERE...
00:56:39 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:56:44 Unidentified Speaker A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT -- AND APPLAUD THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RECENT IMPEACHMENT OF A JUDGE...
00:57:27 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT AT ALL FUNNY. I SMILE ONLY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS. AND THERE WERE...
01:00:20 Unidentified Speaker THE INTERVIEW HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. THAT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY STATED. I CANNOT GIVE YOU ANY MORE INFORMATION...
01:00:27 Unidentified Speaker [ INAUDIBLE ] -- THE DEAL THAT WAS MADE WITH KARL ROVE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS UNDER OATH OR...
01:00:39 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE SATISFIED BY THOSE TERMS QUITE SPECIFICALLY. WHEN THIS ISSUE CAME UP, THE ONLY OFFER THAT WE...
01:02:08 Unidentified Speaker ON THE WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING, CONSIDERING THE "NEW YORK TIMES" RECENT SORT OF LITTLE BREAK IN THAT,...
01:02:51 Unidentified Speaker WELL YOU MAY WANT TO GO, FRANKLY, TO THE NATIONAL ACLU, WHICH HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF LAWSUITS ON THAT...
01:03:44 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING, ELLIOTT. LAVERNE JORDAN FROM THE CAMPAIGN FOR JUDICIAL CORRECTNESS UNDER THE LAW.
01:03:49 Unidentified Speaker YES.
01:03:50 Unidentified Speaker OUR ORGANIZATION IS MORE LOCAL. I'M GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TWO QUESTIONS....
01:05:05 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR CONCERNS, WITH RESPECT TO THE JUDICIARY, THE JUDGES, WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY...
01:06:34 Unidentified Speaker [ INAUDIBLE ] -- COMMITTEE PREPARED TO DO --
01:06:36 Unidentified Speaker WELL THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I MEAN, WE HOPE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION...
01:07:49 Unidentified Speaker I'M AFRAID WE HAVE TO END THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ELLIOTT IS AVAILABLE, AND CAN YOU BE HERE...
01:07:58 Unidentified Speaker WELL, NOT MUCH LONGER. UNFORTUNATELY, I NEED TO GET BACK FOR AN OVERSIGHT MEETING, AND IN A FEW MINUTES...
01:08:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR AN ENLIGHTENING PRESENTATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. THANK...
01:08:33 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ELLIOTT, AND NAN. WITHOUT MUCH FURTHER ADIEU, I COULD TALK...
01:10:28 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO TAKE A DRINK OF WATER. IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. SINCE I MADE A CHANGE...
01:36:40 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE. I'LL JUST SAY PARENTHETICALLY, IT'S NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT DISCUSSIONS...
01:39:39 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO...
02:00:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, CHAMP. WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A BIT OF A REPORT CARD ON LEGAL CONGRESSIONAL AND...
02:01:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. I WANT TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM OF POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS...
02:09:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, BRUCE. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE LEGAL DIRECTOR AT THE ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE WHO'S...
02:09:42 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SCOTT. JUST BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, I'M BILL YOEMANS AND IN ADDITION NOW TO BEING THE LEGAL...
02:15:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, BILL. IN FACT, ON THAT VERY POINT, I HEARD THAT ON THE 21ST OF APRIL, ATTORNEY GENERAL...
02:16:12 Unidentified Speaker THANKS VERY MUCH, SCOTT. MANY OF YOU THINK OF OHIO AS GROUND ZERO PERHAPS FOR CONTROVERSY OVER ELECTION...
02:21:21 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN PROCESS. THERE WAS NO CONTROL. THIS WAS A FRAUDULENT ELECTION. THE FBI...
02:22:51 Unidentified Speaker NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THREE MORE VOICES TO SPREAD THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. WE'RE GOING TO...
02:23:47 Unidentified Speaker I NOTICED ON THE AGENDA, I'M HERE TODAY TO BE ONE OF THE FACES OF THE ACCUSED IS WHAT IT SAYS. THAT'S...
02:26:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CHAEPG IN THE THE PROGRAM. THE REASON WE DECIDED TO DO...
02:33:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
02:33:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, GAIL AND THANK YOU, SCOTT FOR THE INTRODUCTION EARLIER. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD SEVERAL ...
02:34:43 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER ONE IS KATHERINE MINOR. KATHERINE IS THE DAUGHTER OF PAUL MINOR, AND I'M NOT GOING PUT...
02:47:48 Unidentified Speaker AND, YES, AND NOW THE TARGET --
02:47:52 Unidentified Speaker AND NOT AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. EXACTLY. [ INAUDIBLE ]
02:48:06 Unidentified Speaker PAUL MINOR'S CASE, BUT THE REASON HE GOT IN TROUBLE WAS FOR BRADY VIOLATIONS, WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE...
02:51:52 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SENATOR EDUARDO BAHTIA FROM PUERTO RICO WHO WILL TALK ABOUT...
02:52:03 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO BE VERY BRIEF, BUT I WANT TO TAKE YOU OVERSEAS. IT'S...
02:59:30 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS THE LAST WITNESS OF THE PROSECUTION, BY THE WAY. THAT VERY SAME DAY THE PROSECUTION RESTED...
03:00:59 Unidentified Speaker WE KNOW IT HAS BEEN CERTAINLY A LONG MORNING, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF ALL...
03:02:25 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO SAY ONE LAST THING. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE GUESTS. BY THE WAY, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ...
03:03:08 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT NOTHING HAS MADE ME PROUDER THAN TO HELP SPONSOR THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE...
03:03:31 Unidentified Speaker WE MAY HAVE TO BREAK NOW FOR C-SPAN PURPOSES, BUT BEFORE PEOPLE LEAVE, IF THE PRESS WANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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